If you read my previous post "Ultra Compact Laptop Wars", you already know that I like that concept so much, although I am waiting for its maturity. Techie4fun asked about the uses of a UCL know the limitations of their capacities. Well... other than high level graphics gaming, I think that everything can be done with one of these.
The Operating System included in the models that are coming to the market is always Linux. Someone can argue that the Asus EEE 900 comes vith Windows, but it is not a pure UCL. So it looks more like a low-end regular laptop. Microsoft knows perfectly this situation and have recovered the project Eiger, which is a limited version of Windos XP SP2, initially oriented to older servers. It can be used know for this new concept of computers.As I am pretty convinced of the success of the UCL concept, I can only think that either Microsoft finds (after a long long time) tough competition in the desktop market, or Windows XP Revisited will be the next succesful version of a Microsoft OS.
The next question could be: Where will Microsoft substract resources for providing the Light XP version? From Vista maintenance? From Windows 7 development? This world is amazing...
